Romanus (Latin for "Roman"), hellenized as Romanos (Ῥωμανός) was a Roman cognomen and may refer to:

People

* Adrianus Romanus, Flemish mathematician (1561–1615) *

Aquila Romanus Aquila Romanus was a Latin grammarian who flourished in the second half of the 3rd century AD. Life He was the author of an extant treatise ''De Figuris Sententiarum et Elocutionis'', written as an installment of a complete rhetorical handbook fo ...

, Latin grammarian *

Giles of Rome Giles of Rome O.S.A. (Latin: ''Aegidius Romanus''; Italian: ''Egidio Colonna''; c. 1243 – 22 December 1316), was a Medieval philosopher and Scholastic theologian and a friar of the Order of St Augustine, who was also appointed to the ...

, Aegidius Romanus, medieval philosopher *

Gabriel Romanus Lars Gabriel Romanus (born 25 January 1939) is a Swedish liberal politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create ...

(born 1939), Swedish politician *

Pope John XIX Pope John XIX ( la, Ioannes XIX; died October 1032), born Romanus, was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 1024 to his death. He belonged to the family of the powerful counts of Tusculum, succeeding his brother, Benedict VIII. ...

, whose given name was Romanus *

Pope Romanus Pope Romanus ( 867–897) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from August to November 897. His short reign occurred during a period of partisan strife in the Catholic Church, amid the violence and disorder in central Italy. His ...

Richard Romanus Richard Romanus (born Richard Joseph Romanos; February 8, 1945) is an American actor. Among other roles, he has appeared in Martin Scorsese's ''Mean Streets'' and provided voices for Ralph Bakshi's animated films ''Wizards (film), Wizards'' and ' ...

(born 1945), American actor and writer *

Romanus (bishop of Rochester) Romanus (died before 627) was the second bishop of Rochester and presumably was a member of the Gregorian mission sent to Kent to Christianize the Anglo-Saxons from their native Anglo-Saxon paganism. Romanus was consecrated bishop around 624 ...

Romanus (exarch) Romanus ( grc-gre, Ρωμανός, Rōmanós; died 596 or 597) was Exarch of Ravenna from 589 until 596 or 597. Prior to being appointed Exarch, Romanus won a victory against the future Sassanid ruler Bahram Chobin in 589, provoking his revolt and ...

, Exarch of Ravenna *The hypothetical Petrus Romanus, a figure mentioned in the Prophecy of the Popes * Sven Romanus (1906–2005), Swedish civil servant

Saints

*Romanus of Nepi, Bishop and martyr of

Nepi Nepi (anciently ''Nepet'' or ''Nepete'') is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Viterbo, Lazio, central Italy. The town lies southeast of the city of Viterbo and about southwest from Civita Castellana. The town is known for its mineral s ...

(1st century), feast day 24 August *

Romanus Ostiarius Saint Romanus Ostiarius is a legendary saint of the Catholic Church. His legend states that he was a soldier who converted to Christianity by the example of Saint Lawrence, who baptized Romanus after the soldier was imprisoned. He became a churc ...

, (died c. 258), feast day August 9 *

Romanus of Caesarea Romanus of Caesarea (also known as Romanus of Antioch) is venerated as a martyr. A deacon of Caesarea, he was martyred at Antioch. Life In 303 or 304, at the beginning of the Diocletianic Persecution, a deacon called Romanus, served in Caesarea in ...

, Martyr (c. 303), feast day November 18 *

Romanus of Blaye Saint Romanus of Blaye was a priest in the Gironde in France. He was active at the end of the fourth century. Gregory of Tours claimed that St. Martin of Tours buried Romanus. An old life of St. Romanus was published in the ''Analecta Bollandiana ...

(fl. 4th – 5th century), feast day November 24 *

Romanus of Condat Saint Romanus of Condat ( – ) is a saint of the fifth century. At the age of thirty five he decided to live as a hermit in the area of Condat. His younger brother Lupicinus followed him there. They became leaders of a community of monks that ...

, Abbot, Hermit (c. 460), feast day February 28 *

Romanus of Subiaco Saint Romanus of Subiaco (died ca. 550 AD) was a hermit in the area around Subiaco, Italy. He is remembered as having assisted and influenced Saint Benedict of Nursia, when the latter had just begun his life as a hermit. Romanus provided Benedi ...

, Monk, (c. 550), feast day May 22 *

Romanos the Melodist Romanos the Melodist (; late 5th-century — after 555) was a Byzantine hymnographer and composer, who is a central early figure in the history of Byzantine music. Called "the Pindar of rhythmic poetry", he flourished during the sixth century ...

, (c. 556), feast day October 1 *

Romanus of Rouen Saint Romanus of Rouen (french: Romain; reconstructed Frankish language, Frankish: ''*Hruomann''; died 640 AD) was a scribe, clerical sage, and bishop of Rouen. He would have lived under Dagobert I (629–39), though his date of birth is unknown. ...

, Bishop, (c. 640), feast day October 23

Byzantine emperors

Romanos I Lekapenos Romanos I Lekapenos ( el, Ρωμανός Λεκαπηνός; 870 – 15 June 948), Latinisation of names, Latinized as Romanus I Lecapenus, was Byzantine emperor from 920 until his deposition in 944, serving as regent for the infant Constantine ...

, ruled 920–944 *

Romanos II Romanos II Porphyrogenitus ( gr, Ρωμανός, 938 – 15 March 963) was Byzantine Emperor from 959 to 963. He succeeded his father Constantine VII at the age of twenty-one and died suddenly and mysteriously four years later. His son Bas ...

, ruled 959–963 *

Romanos III Argyros Romanos III Argyros ( el, Ρωμανός Αργυρός; Latinized Romanus III Argyrus; 968 – 11 April 1034), or Argyropoulos was Byzantine Emperor from 1028 until his death. He was a Byzantine noble and senior official in Constantinople whe ...

, ruled 1028–1034 *

Romanos IV Diogenes Romanos IV Diogenes (Greek: Ρωμανός Διογένης), Latinized as Romanus IV Diogenes, was a member of the Byzantine military aristocracy who, after his marriage to the widowed empress Eudokia Makrembolitissa, was crowned Byzantine Em ...

, ruled 1068–1071

Places

Romanos, Aragon Romanos is a small municipality in Campo de Daroca, in Aragón. It was an important town during the War of the Two Peters, and has many historic sites, such as castles and churches, some of which are part of the 156 monuments that the Governmen ...

, a municipality in Aragon, Spain * Romanos, Ioannina, a village in the municipal unit of

Lakka Souliou Lakka Souliou ( el, Λάκκα Σουλίου is a former municipality in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Dodoni, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit ...

, Greece *

Romanos, Messenia Romanos ( el, Ρωμανός) is a village and a community in the municipality Pylos-Nestoras, Messenia, Greece. It is north of Pylos. It is part of the Nestoras municipal unit. The community consists of the villages Romanos and Petrochori. Petr ...

, a village in Messenia, Greece

People

Saints

Byzantine emperors

Places

See also